Picture-molding hook



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E. B. TRACY PICTURE MOLDING HOOK Filed Oct. 13 1921 INVENTOR A r/res) 5 Wacy ATTORNEY Patented May 22, 1923:.

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ERNEST B. TRACY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PICTURE-MOLDING HOOK.

Application filed October 13, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST B. TRACY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picture-Molding Hooks, of which the following is a specifi cation.

This invention relates to hooks used for suspending framed pictures, mirrors, etc., from moldings provided therefor on the walls of rooms.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensively constructed and efiicient device of this character in which one of the hook elements is formed with means for securing a picture-cord thereto in a positive position.

Vi ith the above and other objects in view, which will appear in the following description, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a picturemolding hook embodying the invention, shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved hook detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hook showing the method of using the same.

My improved device is preferably made of a single piece of flat metal which is bent or otherwise formed to a substantially S-shape to afford reversely arranged hook members 5 and 6.

At or near the bend 7 of the lower hook member, the latter is stamped to produce therebelow a rearwardly directed curved finger 8 between which and the bend 7 is sufiicient space to accommodate a picture supporting cord such as 9.

The manner of using the device is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8. The midportion of a picture cord 9 is first passed as a loop downwardly through the aperture 10 provided in the hook element 6 by the stamping of finger 8 therefrom. The loop is then Serial No. 507,451.

taken under the finger as at 11 to be engaged thereby against withdrawal through said aperture.

Being thus arranged the cord extends over the portion 12 of the hook at opposite sides of said aperture and thence downwardly as branches. It is to be noted that by my improved device the picture cord is disposed with a central downwardly directed loop 11 engaged about the finger and two upwardly directed loops as 1-3, seated upon the side portions 12 of the hook part 6 whereby the cord is firmly connected to the hook against lateral displacement and also against accidental dislodgment.

The cord can be easily disengaged or regulated with respect to the hook after elevating the suspended frame to render the cord slack.

The improved hook device according to this invention is strong, durable and efficient in operation.

lVhat I claim, is,

A picture molding hook composed of a relatively flat strip of metal bent into substantially S-shaped formation to provide two reversely arranged hook elements, one of said hook elements being adapted to engage a molding, and the other hook element provided with a downwardly extending struckout tongue constituting a depending finger and a central aperture, said depending finger extending below but in a plane with the bend of the lower hook element, said aperture being adapted to receive a loop of the picture suspending cord supported by said hook ele ment, which cord is then passed downwardly and around said depending finger to control the same against creeping relative to the hook.

Signed at cattle, ashington, this 1st day of October, 1921.

ERILJST TRACY.

lvitnesses PIERRE BARNES, MARGARET G. SUPPLE. 

